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MANBLUNDER
May 13, 2013 09:59 AM

These are the bījākṣara-s beginning from Sunघृणिः, सों, अं, बुं, बृं, शुं, ,शं रां, केंghṛṇiḥ, soṁ, aṁ, buṁ, bṛṁ, śuṁ, śaṁ, rāṁ, keṁThere could be other variations too.

Anonymous
May 13, 2013 09:51 AM

Ravi, please give the astha Lakshmis names/bijas/mantras. Why have you disabled copy? I just can't believe you do this!

MANBLUNDER
May 13, 2013 09:46 AM

I am not sure. As far as my knowledge goes, they only preside over eight cardinals and they do not represent air, etc.

Anonymous
May 13, 2013 09:41 AM

Ravi, what are the bija mantras and gayatri mantras for Navgrahas?

Anonymous
May 13, 2013 09:31 AM

Ravi, if Akasha Bhairavar is called Sarabeshwarar. Then what is air, fire, water, earth, sun, moon, atma Bhairavars called.

MANBLUNDER
May 13, 2013 09:25 AM

There are 11 verses in Mantranahārṇavaḥ and this is named as Navadurgāvidhānam, which described about nine forms of Durga. I will write about this in due course.

MANBLUNDER
May 13, 2013 08:58 AM

There are only 7 Gayatri mantras in Upanishads - Rudra, Ganapti, Nandi, Shanmuga (Kartikeya, Garuda, BrahmA and Vishnu. Narasima Gayatri, Shakti Gayartri are also in Upanishad. However, there are innumerable Gayatri-s for various gods and goddesses, some of them are in Upanishads and other not. I will try to publish important Gayatris in due course.

Anonymous
May 13, 2013 08:43 AM

Ravi, I am looking for the correct Gayatri mantra for the following names: Guru, Hamsa, Ganesh, Karthikeya, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Durga, Kali, Lakshmi, Saraswati, Annapurna, Prithvi, Surya, Candra, Agni, Varuna, Yama, Indra, Krishna, Rama, Maruti, Narasimha, Hayagriva.

Anonymous
May 13, 2013 08:22 AM

Ravi, please give the names/bijas/mantras for the 9 forms of Durga.

MANBLUNDER
May 13, 2013 12:27 AM

This is explained in Praśna Upaniṣad in a subtle manner. According to this Upaniṣad (I.9), uttarāyaṇa means those who follow the spiritual path. Spiritual path is the path of knowledge to attain the Lord. Therefore, uttarāyaṇa means the path of knowledge leading to Self-realization and consequent liberation. When a soul is liberated, it is not reborn and this is what Kṛṣṇa meant Bhagavad Gītā VIII. The other path is dakṣiṇāyana, the path of rituals. According to this Upaniṣad those who perform Vedic rites and rituals with some desire in their minds (material desires) go to the ancestors (the moon) only to reborn again. But, this concept is often misunderstood and misinterpreted. After all, death cannot be predetermined by anyone. What matters is whether one follows the spiritual path or the ritual path; former leads to liberation and later leads to transmigration. Presently I am discussing this aspect in the series on Brahma Sūtra.

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